not because of anything president obama has done. if he just left it alone, it probably would be getting better at an earlier stage. we didn't need to be in this mess for five years, it could have been a three-year ordeal. stuart: can you say that this economy is getting that much better. hardly any growth in the fourth quarter of last year and cooked the books on this year's first quarter. >> a difference between the number, the new calculation and the old calculation? i don't know either, but it's not going to be three full percentage points on gdp. we're the not going from a negative growth to a 3% growth rate because they changed the data. stuart: and you know, they say, friday morning, 3% growth, the recovery is on track, here we go, boys, everything is fine. >> great, that would be fantastic. let them. isn't it good that the economy gets back on track, if they want to play around with the numbers, play around with the the numbers. the reality, things are getting better. look, the stock market, we all know this. stuart: get back